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Battle of the Four Rivers
The Battle of the Four Rivers (Russian: Сражение на четырех реках) or Battles on the Bzura, Rawka, Pilica and Nida was a key battle between German and Russian forces in the First World War in 1914, in which the Germans unsuccessfully tried to break through and take Warsaw. The battle was the first positional battle on the eastern front, and was one of the bloodiest battles in 1914.
Germans tried to encircle three Russian armies in Poland in November 1914, but did not succeed due to huge losses, the size of the territories, and the Russians' retreat to Warsaw. By this time, enough reinforcements had arrived from the western front, and the central powers were preparing to make a breakthrough in order to capture this city.
According to the regimental reports of both countries, the 5th Army with a total of 500,000 men took part on the Russian side, the total forces on the German side were 600,000,; the 9th Army alone had 305,576 men, and formed the backbone of the operation. Each of the Russian armies had about 100,000 men due to heavy losses in the previous battle.
In the beginning the Germans successfully pushed back the Russians in small groups.
On December 18, the Germans unexpectedly struck from the side of Łowicz. However, when it came to crossing the Rawka, problems arose, two German regiments were able to successfully do this, however, at the time of the crossing they suffered incredibly heavy losses and were scattered and thrown back across the river by the counterattack of the 1st Siberian Army Corps. On the Bzura front, the Germans achieved minimal success and instead of completely securing the river, they were able to equip several positions, at which point the Russian retreat ended, the general stage of the battle began.
On December 19, a meeting of the central powers took place in Oppeln, a debate broke out between Konrad and Falkenhayn about actions, as a result, they came to the conclusion that by maintaining such a heat of battle on both fronts, they risk losing the chance to win the war, so they need to immediately occupy Russian-held Poland.
On December 20, the offensive continued using supernova heavy artillery, the Germans ensured local success, the Russian positions on Rawka were demoralized, but not broken through, the Germans captured 2,100 people in a day.
There was progress, but it was incredibly slowed down by the "infernal" persistence of the Russians.
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Battle of the Four Rivers
The Battle of the Four Rivers (Russian: Сражение на четырех реках) or Battles on the Bzura, Rawka, Pilica and Nida was a key battle between German and Russian forces in the First World War in 1914, in which the Germans unsuccessfully tried to break through and take Warsaw. The battle was the first positional battle on the eastern front, and was one of the bloodiest battles in 1914.
Germans tried to encircle three Russian armies in Poland in November 1914, but did not succeed due to huge losses, the size of the territories, and the Russians' retreat to Warsaw. By this time, enough reinforcements had arrived from the western front, and the central powers were preparing to make a breakthrough in order to capture this city.
According to the regimental reports of both countries, the 5th Army with a total of 500,000 men took part on the Russian side, the total forces on the German side were 600,000,; the 9th Army alone had 305,576 men, and formed the backbone of the operation. Each of the Russian armies had about 100,000 men due to heavy losses in the previous battle.
In the beginning the Germans successfully pushed back the Russians in small groups.
On December 18, the Germans unexpectedly struck from the side of Łowicz. However, when it came to crossing the Rawka, problems arose, two German regiments were able to successfully do this, however, at the time of the crossing they suffered incredibly heavy losses and were scattered and thrown back across the river by the counterattack of the 1st Siberian Army Corps. On the Bzura front, the Germans achieved minimal success and instead of completely securing the river, they were able to equip several positions, at which point the Russian retreat ended, the general stage of the battle began.
On December 19, a meeting of the central powers took place in Oppeln, a debate broke out between Konrad and Falkenhayn about actions, as a result, they came to the conclusion that by maintaining such a heat of battle on both fronts, they risk losing the chance to win the war, so they need to immediately occupy Russian-held Poland.
On December 20, the offensive continued using supernova heavy artillery, the Germans ensured local success, the Russian positions on Rawka were demoralized, but not broken through, the Germans captured 2,100 people in a day.
There was progress, but it was incredibly slowed down by the "infernal" persistence of the Russians.
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